Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a positive note on March 25, following cues from GIFT Nifty, which was trading around 23,758 earlier this morning. The domestic stock markets are likely to be influenced by global trends, as Wall Street closed higher overnight amid signs of a more lenient stance on reciprocal tariffs by the US administration.
Private sector output in India increased at a slower pace in March as compared to the previous month, amid a quicker expansion in manufacturing activity and a softer increase in services activity, according to the HSBC flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey released on Monday.
The market extended the previous week rally, rising more than 1 percent on March 24 with Nifty hitting 23,700, intraday, amid buying across the sectors and a possible flexibility in President Trump’s tariff plan also added the fuel.
On Monday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 77984.38 up by 1078.87 points or by 1.4 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23658.35 up by 307.95 points or by 1.32 %.
On the global front, Asian stocks rose early Tuesday after US equities enjoyed one of their best sessions of the year, fueled by signs that President Donald Trump’s trade sanctions will be narrower than feared. Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were trading higher, with Japan's Nikkei climbing 1.09 per cent, South Korea's Kospi trading 0.28 per cent higher, and Australia's ASX 200 climbing 0.5 per cent.
The S&P 500 rose sharply to end at its highest in over two weeks on Monday, lifted by Nvidia and Tesla following signs that the Trump administration might take a more measured approach on tariffs against U.S. trading partners.
The S&P 500 climbed 1.76% to end the session at 5,767.57 points. The Nasdaq gained 2.27% to 18,188.59 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.42% to 42,583.32 points.
Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Tata Steel Ltd. 30905773.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 29935092.00, NTPC Ltd. 24588471.00, Reliance Industries Ltd. 20299319.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 19966817.00,
On NSE, total number of shares traded was 419.00 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 108223.07 Crore.
On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 277052 with a total turnover of Rs. 46051.84 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 4780910 with a total turnover of Rs. 288772.54 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 97370561 with a total turnover of Rs. 16575303.89 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 11583963 with a total turnover of Rs. 732150.74 Crore.
The FIIs on 24/03/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 46532.47 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 1859.16 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 41269.25 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 1068.99 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 5263.22 Crore and Rs. 790.17